Attempt by Finnish volunteers to annex White Karelia in 1918
Viena expedition
Part of Heimosodat
Initial Finnish Advance
Date
21 March – 2 October 1918
Location
White Karelia
Result
Failure of the expedition
Territorial changes
Repola and Porajärvi joined Finland
Belligerents
White Guard (Finns)[Notes 1]
Finnish volunteers[Notes 2]
Republic of Uhtua[Notes 3]
Russian SFSR Red Guards (Finns) Murmansk Legion Royal Marine Light Infantry Karelian Regiment
Commanders and leaders
Kurt Martti Wallenius Carl Wilhelm Malm Toivo Kuisma
Oskari Tokoi Philip James Woods
Strength
Finland 1,500
Red Guards and Karelians 1,550 Royal Marines 130
Casualties and losses
122 dead
Red Guards and Karelians 100-150
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Heimosodat
Estonian War of Independence
Viena expedition
Aunus expedition
Petsamo expeditions
East Karelian uprising
Revolt of the Ingrian Finns
The Viena expedition (Finnish: Vienan retkikunta, Swedish: Vienaexpeditionen) was a military expedition in March 1918 by Finnish volunteer forces to annex White Karelia (Vienan Karjala) from Soviet Russia. It was one of the many "kinship wars" (Heimosodat) fought near the newly independent Finland during the Russian Civil War. Russian East Karelia was never part of the Swedish Empire or the Grand Duchy of Finland. and it was at the time mostly inhabited by Karelians. However, many advocates of a Greater Finland considered these Karelians a "kindred" Finnish nation and supported the annexation of Russian East Karelia to Finland.
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Russian SFSR
Red Guards (Finns)
Murmansk Legion
Karelian Regiment
Kurt Martti Wallenius